2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host countries	First round:; Uzbekistan (Group A); Myanmar (Group B); Nepal (Group C); Thailand (Group D); Tajikistan (Group E); Lebanon (Group F); Kyrgyzstan (Group G); Second round:; Australia (Group A); China (Group B); Uzbekistan (Group C)
Dates	First round: 1–11 April 2023; Second round: 26 October – 1 November 2023; Third round: 24 & 28 February 2024
Teams	31 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	183 (3.98 per match)
Attendance	290,760 (6,321 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva ; (9 goals)
	← 2020 2028 → All statistics correct as of 28 February 2024.

Last updated April 21, 2024

The 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the sixth edition of the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine which women's national teams from Asia qualify for the Olympic football tournament.^[2]

Format

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 31 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage. The format is as follows:^[3]

First round: The five highest-ranked teams in the FIFA Women's World Rankings as of 9 December 2022, which were North Korea, Japan, Australia, China PR and South Korea, received byes to the second round. The remaining 26 teams were divided into five groups of four and two groups of three and compete in a one-round league format in a centralised venue. The winners of each group in this round then advanced to the second round.^[3]
Second round: The twelve teams (five teams who entered this round and seven teams from the first round) will be drawn into three groups of four teams and compete in a one-round league format in a centralised venue. The three group winners and the best-ranked runners-up in this round will then advance to the third round.^[3]
Third round: The four teams will play two pairs of home and away matches with the two eventual winners qualifying for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament.^[3]

Teams

The draw for the first round was held on 12 January 2023, 15:00 MYT, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[4] Five teams received a bye to the second round.

Teams entering second round
North Korea (10) Japan (11) Australia (12) China (14) South Korea (15)

Teams entering first round
Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Vietnam (34) Chinese Taipei (39) Thailand (41) (H)* Myanmar (48) (H)* Uzbekistan (49) (H)* Philippines (53) India (61)	Iran (68) Jordan (69) Hong Kong (77) Indonesia (97) Nepal (103) (H)* Kyrgyzstan (124) (H)* Mongolia (129)	Palestine (130) (W)^[5] Singapore (134) Turkmenistan (137) (W) Bangladesh (140) (W) Lebanon (142) (H)* Tajikistan (144) (H)* East Timor (153)	Sri Lanka (155) (W) Maldives (159) (W) Pakistan (160) Bhutan (177) Afghanistan (NR) (W)

Notes

Teams in bold qualified for the Olympics.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the December 2022 FIFA Women's World Rankings (otherwise unranked).^[6]
(H): Qualification first round group hosts (* all chosen as group hosts after the draw, the remaining group hosted at a neutral venue)
(N): Not a member of the International Olympic Committee, ineligible for Olympics
(W): Withdrew after draw

Did not enter

First round

The first round was played between 1–11 April 2023.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations article 13.2):^[7]

Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Disciplinary points (yellow card = −1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = −3 points, direct red card = −4 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = −5 points);
Drawing of lots.

Group A

All matches were held in Uzbekistan.
Times listed are UTC+5.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan (H)	3	3	0	19	0	+19	9	Second round
2	Bhutan	3	2	1	5	11	−6	6
3	Jordan	3	1	2	4	10	−6	3
4	East Timor	3	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

5 April 2023

15:00

Jordan	3–1	East Timor
Al-Majali 45+3' (pen.) Jbarah 61' Abu-Sabbah 82'	Report	Nilda 90+5'

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 10

Referee: Plong Pich Akara (Cambodia)

5 April 2023

17:00

Uzbekistan	9–0	Bhutan
Khabibullaeva 2', 20', 45+1', 48', 73' Karachik 30' (pen.), 42' Norboeva 51' Shoyimova 90+1'	Report

Milliy Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 145

Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan)

8 April 2023

15:00

Bhutan	2–1	Jordan
N. Dema 64' Rai 76'	Report	Jbarah 90+2' (pen.)

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 66

Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

8 April 2023

17:00

East Timor	0–3	Uzbekistan
	Report	Nabiqulova 59' Zoirova 70' Shoyimova 79'

Milliy Stadium, Tashkent

11 April 2023

15:00

East Timor	1–3	Bhutan
Godelivia 90+5'	Report	N. Dema 43', 67' J. Choden 75'

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

11 April 2023

17:00

Uzbekistan	7–0	Jordan
Zoirova 9' Ablyakimova 18' Khabibullaeva 44', 49', 63' Kudratova 56', 58'	Report

Milliy Stadium, Tashkent

Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan)

Group B

All matches were held in Myanmar.
Times listed are UTC+6:30.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Second round
2	Myanmar (H)	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
4	Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

5 April 2023

16:00

Iran	1–0	Myanmar
Chatrenoor 52'	Report

Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon

Attendance: 880

Referee: Yang Shu-Ting (Chinese Taipei)

8 April 2023

16:00

Myanmar	1–1	Iran
Win Theingi Tun 57'	Report	Zandi 14'

Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon

Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)

Group C

All matches were held in Nepal.
Times listed are UTC+5:45.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	2	2	0	7	1	+6	6	Second round
2	Nepal (H)	2	0	2	1	7	−6	0
3	Afghanistan ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
4	Palestine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

↑ Afghanistan was withdrawn by the AFC. The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) released a statement that it would not permit players outside the country to represent them or intend to organize a women's national team contradicting a February 2023 social media post. The Afghanistan team was originally disbanded following the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.^[8]

5 April 2023

18:00

Nepal	1–5	Vietnam
Bhandari 79'	Report	Phạm Hải Yến 11' Huỳnh Như 36' (pen.), 48' Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy 38' Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nhã 90+1'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 2,750

Referee: Sunita Thongthawin (Thailand)

8 April 2023

18:00

Vietnam	2–0	Nepal
Phạm Hải Yến 6', 7'	Report

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

Group D

All matches were held in Thailand.
Times listed are UTC+7:00.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand (H)	2	2	0	0	12	0	+12	6	Second round
2	Singapore	2	0	1	1	2	8	−6	1
3	Mongolia	2	0	1	1	2	8	−6	1
4	Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Suspended^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

↑ On 22 January 2023, FIFA announced the suspension of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) from 21 January 2023 until further notice.^[9]

1 April 2023

17:00

Singapore	0–6	Thailand
	Report	Orapin 8' Pluemjai 21' Saowalak 58', 77' Jiraporn 65' Panittha 87'

Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 500

Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

4 April 2023

17:00

Mongolia	2–2	Singapore
Namuunaa 3', 90+4'	Report	Tan 42' Izzati 79'

Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 50

Referee: Nodira Mirzoeva (Tajikistan)

7 April 2023

17:00

Thailand	6–0	Mongolia
Nutwadee 11' Pattaranan 16' Ploychompoo 27' Orawan 50' Jiraporn 69' (pen.), 90+1'	Report

Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Referee: Yu Hong (China)

Group E

All matches were held in Tajikistan.
Times listed are UTC+5:00.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Philippines	3	3	0	16	0	+16	9	Second round
2	Hong Kong	3	2	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Pakistan	3	1	2	1	6	−5	3
4	Tajikistan (H)	3	0	3	0	12	−12	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

5 April 2023